2 posts tagged “zach braff”

“This song will change your life”

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With those words, spoken by actress Natalie Portman, Zach Braff became much more than a charming and talented actor – he became a music tastemaker. Zach wrote, directed and starred in the film Garden State which was as much a tribute to great indie music as it was to his home state. He won a Grammy for the soundtrack and helped catapult The Shins, a longtime KCRW favorite, to stardom.

For his Guest DJ set, Zach talks about how his connection to LA’s singer-songwriter scene introduced him to indie music and picks his favorite standouts to spotlight. He professes his love for poetic lyrics and melody and his frustration at seeing a fantastic artist play to a near-empty room. Check out this picks HERE

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New Guest DJ sets with Jason Schwartzman, Padma Lakshmi, Danny DeVito, Peter Berg, and Neil LaBute are up now.

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The Guest DJ Project invites actors, authors, chefs, athletes, directors, tech entrepreneurs and others to share their musical passions with a KCRW DJ. Guests are asked to choose five songs that have inspired them throughout their life – a herculean task for any music lover. However, our gracious guests have explored the soundtrack to their lives and opened their hearts to share confessional tales about their youth, the ups and downs of their careers, and more. All is revealed through their song choices.

If you missed them, check out last month’s guests -- Conan O’Brian, John Cusack,  Garth Jennings, Saffron Burrows, and Jason Reitman.

Coming up: world champion surfer Kelly Slater, comedian Janeane Garafalo, DIGG Founder Kevin Rose,  Director/Skater Stacy Peralta, actor Zach Braff, Comic artist Tim Sale, actress Famke Janssen, architect Thom Mayne, and skate legend Tony Hawk.

We also started a handy little newsletter so you will get a note every time a new set is posted. That way you don’t have to remember to check back because, really, there are way too many things to remember these days!

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